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Storage / Re: Rebuild Terastation WS from scratch? WSS key sticker still attached and legible

« Last post by JoeAsheville on March 07, 2024, 04:12:36 PM »

It's looking more and more that the Debian route is the only way to go. I've reached out to other sources about the original firmware on USB and got crickets. If I'm reading correctly it appears that the Debian solution has been worked out to support at least SOME of the original functionality...which a reinstalled WSS solution apparently would NOT do.

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Storage / Re: Rebuilding RAid5 Array

« Last post by JoeAsheville on March 07, 2024, 04:10:28 PM »

I'm also dealing with this at the moment. I think I've dealt with this before successfully, but I can't recall what I did...I originally had 16TB, expanded to 64...but it's still showing as 16 total. Hmmmm. Hopefully someone will chime in here after a while.

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Storage / Rebuilding RAid5 Array

« Last post by jkkyler on March 07, 2024, 03:45:49 PM »

Recently I obltained a Terastation 3400 (4 bay 16tb model). Had some problems initially when I plugged it in (outdated firmware emergency mode etc.) but following on screen prompts let me fix everything pretty easily and I formatted 3 4tb drives and set-up a Raid 5 array with 8tb available storage. The fourth 4tb drive I ordered finally arrived and I formatted it and then added it to the array and it ahows on the disc management screen and also as part of the Array in the RAID management screen however the available storage still shows as 8TB. However, it now states "rebuilding array" when that process is finished should I see my availability go to 12TB or have I done something wrong along the way?

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Storage / Re: DriveStation HD-QH power failure

« Last post by davo on March 07, 2024, 12:35:52 PM »

I know because I know.

Next time have a backup.

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Storage / Re: DriveStation HD-QH power failure

« Last post by bob@makingitbig.com on March 07, 2024, 09:02:11 AM »

Thank you for the information.  It seems like a design flaw.  How do you know this?

Also, what would happen upon moving the drives from one unit to the other?

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Storage / Re: DriveStation HD-QH power failure

« Last post by davo on March 07, 2024, 03:10:41 AM »

Nope, all the Drivestations are hardware RAID.

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Storage / Re: DriveStation HD-QH power failure

« Last post by bob@makingitbig.com on March 06, 2024, 05:41:32 PM »

Thank you for your thoughts.  Aren't the DriveStations software RAID?  If so, would that result in a different answer?

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Storage / Re: DriveStation HD-QH power failure

« Last post by davo on March 06, 2024, 01:29:25 PM »

Nope, you can't stop disk's between hardware RAID controllers without risking the data.

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Storage / DriveStation HD-QH power failure

« Last post by bob@makingitbig.com on March 06, 2024, 09:51:46 AM »

I have a DriveStation HD-QH16TU3R5 device that won't power up.  I've tried a new adapter, with no success. So, I purchased a new cabinet (same model, almost - HD-QL16TU3R5).

My question is, can I take the drives from the old, non-functional, cabinet and place them in the replacement cabinet without damaging the data on the drives? 

I am hoping to get a definitive answer from someone very familiar with these systems.  They don't appear to have much intelligence built into them, so I am hopeful that this will be successful.

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Storage / Re: Rebuild Terastation WS from scratch? WSS key sticker still attached and legible

« Last post by ener_it on March 04, 2024, 09:30:12 AM »

I have a WSS ISO that I used to clean the vols/disk with diskpart before install. Then installed the OS on hdd0.  After getting OS installed I then used windows software raid to mirror the OS volume across 2 hdd. Then created a raid5 volume across all of the drives.  I am looking for the tools normally found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BUFFALO folder that work with the Buffalo hardware/led display etc.